Table 2.

Covariate-adjusted hazard ratios for the cause-specific Cox proportional hazards model of nursing home placement. Death is treated as a censoring event.

	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	p value
Patient Variables
Patient Age	1.016 (0.990, 1.043)	0.2292
Log(1+Patient Income)	0.843 (0.764, 0.930)	0.0007
Patient Physical Health	0.979 (0.786, 1.220)	0.8515
Patient Gender (male vs female)	1.278 (0.905, 1.805)	0.1634
Frequency of Memory and Behavior Problems	0.987 (0.975, 1.000)	0.0498
Global Deterioration Scale
moderate vs mild	1.906 (1.311, 2.772)	0.0007
severe vs mild	2.431 (1.535, 3.850)	0.0002
Caregiver Variables
Caregiver Age	1.005 (0.980, 1.030)	0.7071
Caregiver Physical Health	1.080 (0.838, 1.393)	0.5515
Satisfaction with Support Network	1.137 (1.004, 1.288)	0.0426
Reaction to Memory and Behavior Problems	1.013 (0.999, 1.027)	0.0720
Depressive Symptoms	1.013 (0.986, 1.042)	0.3505
Caregiver Burden	1.008 (0.996, 1.021)	0.1904
Other Effects
Year of Study Entry (0 = 1987 – 10 = 1997)	0.901 (0.854, 0.951)	0.0002
Group (intervention vs usual care)	0.746 (0.559, 0.997)	0.0478